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Working days by country, 2026

How many days each of 120 countries actually works in 2026, using each country's own weekend and its own public holidays. The spread is real: Saudi Arabia works 257 days, Puerto Rico 242 — a difference of 15 days, about 3 working weeks.

120 countries

Saudi Arabia 257 days · 4 lost to holidays India 256 days · 5 lost to holidays Canada 256 days · 5 lost to holidays Israel 256 days · 5 lost to holidays Vietnam 255 days · 6 lost to holidays Australia 255 days · 6 lost to holidays Netherlands 255 days · 6 lost to holidays Switzerland 255 days · 6 lost to holidays Belarus 255 days · 6 lost to holidays Cuba 255 days · 6 lost to holidays Uruguay 255 days · 6 lost to holidays Mexico 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Germany 254 days · 7 lost to holidays United Kingdom 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Italy 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Spain 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Congo - Kinshasa 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Sudan 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Congo - Brazzaville 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Denmark 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Sweden 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Costa Rica 254 days · 7 lost to holidays El Salvador 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Finland 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Mauritania 254 days · 7 lost to holidays Türkiye 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Poland 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Algeria 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Belgium 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Norway 253 days · 8 lost to holidays United Arab Emirates 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Armenia 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Gabon 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Hungary 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Jamaica 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Liberia 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Moldova 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Somalia 253 days · 8 lost to holidays Brazil 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Russia 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Taiwan 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Egypt 252 days · 9 lost to holidays France 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Mozambique 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Portugal 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Angola 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Cameroon 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Honduras 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Kenya 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Zimbabwe 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Benin 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Bulgaria 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Chad 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Croatia 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Djibouti 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Ireland 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Madagascar 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Panama 252 days · 9 lost to holidays Serbia 252 days · 9 lost to holidays South Africa 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Peru 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Chile 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Greece 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Libya 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Austria 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Burkina Faso 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Ethiopia 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Guatemala 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Lithuania 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Nicaragua 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Romania 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Senegal 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Singapore 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Togo 251 days · 10 lost to holidays Tunisia 251 days · 10 lost to holidays China 250 days · 11 lost to holidays United States 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Nigeria 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Pakistan 250 days · 11 lost to holidays South Korea 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Bolivia 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Côte d’Ivoire 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Dominican Republic 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Ecuador 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Malawi 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Central African Republic 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Czechia 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Guinea 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Latvia 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Mali 250 days · 11 lost to holidays New Zealand 250 days · 11 lost to holidays North Macedonia 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Paraguay 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Rwanda 250 days · 11 lost to holidays Malaysia 249 days · 12 lost to holidays Philippines 249 days · 12 lost to holidays Morocco 249 days · 12 lost to holidays Ukraine 249 days · 12 lost to holidays Venezuela 249 days · 12 lost to holidays Albania 249 days · 12 lost to holidays Eritrea 249 days · 12 lost to holidays Haiti 249 days · 12 lost to holidays Niger 249 days · 12 lost to holidays Uganda 249 days · 12 lost to holidays Bangladesh 248 days · 13 lost to holidays Tanzania 248 days · 13 lost to holidays Ghana 248 days · 13 lost to holidays Georgia 248 days · 13 lost to holidays Zambia 248 days · 13 lost to holidays Indonesia 247 days · 14 lost to holidays Kazakhstan 247 days · 14 lost to holidays Hong Kong SAR China 247 days · 14 lost to holidays Argentina 246 days · 15 lost to holidays Azerbaijan 246 days · 15 lost to holidays Bosnia & Herzegovina 246 days · 15 lost to holidays Iran 245 days · 15 lost to holidays Thailand 245 days · 16 lost to holidays Japan 244 days · 17 lost to holidays Colombia 242 days · 19 lost to holidays Puerto Rico 242 days · 19 lost to holidays

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Public holidays for 120 countries, 2025-2028: Source: date-holidays, generated by scripts/build-holidays.mjs. Last checked1 August 2026, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:Public holidays only, including statutory substitute days; regional and observance days are excluded. 21 of our countries are not in the dataset and have no calendar. Regenerate on every date-holidays upgrade: the 25 July build silently lacked Korea's substitute days because the installed package predated them. Known upstream gap: El Salvador — the source lists 8 public days where Nager.Date confirms ~20, and files New Year's Day as an observance; we publish what the source holds rather than invent, and the weekly Nager run tracks the gap.
Working hours and weekend days for 55 countries: Source: Published national labour conventions and government working-hours guidance. Last checked24 July 2026, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:A national convention, not any given employer. Countries not listed fall back to a nine-to-five, Monday to Friday default, and pages say so rather than implying we checked.

FAQ

Which country has the most working days in 2026?

Saudi Arabia, with 257 — few public holidays land on its working days. Puerto Rico has the fewest at 242.

Why do the figures differ from a simple weekday count?

Two reasons a generic calculator misses: not every country rests on Saturday and Sunday, and public holidays only cost a working day when they land on one. Both are computed per country here.